hey, im new here and looking for advice with my pet hobby, a game that i created back in my early twenties, this will be my base thread, any extra advice i need i will ask here :)

years ago i made a terribly unbalanced and unweildy game called Aijalon, its a fantasy melee and magic world, ive rehashed it several times and finally have a balanced and simple to play game which i call version 3.5, in which i changed the dice system and pretty much all the rules.

i have most things sussed out, but am running into trouble taking it from my many notebooks and drawing pads to its semi-final form on my laptop. (and then to a beautiful printed and bound book edition)

i have all the classes, races, starsigns, deities, corruptions, world maps, legends, artifacts, special abilities, skills, focus skills, items, weapons, magic, lists and charts out the wazoo and a creation system for making all your own spells and items and weapons etc but need them in a professional order.

so my first question:

1) can anyone point me the way to a coherent layout for an rpg rulebook?

05-23-2012, 12:14 AM

Aijalon

Aijalon is a fantasy rpg, its main points are:
Fighting chaos and withstanding Corruption, your final goal is to stop the emergence of chaos into the world.
Creating items, spells and magic artifacts.
Having your powers scale with your skill.

This is my "rough" draft for content order.
Aijalon v3.5.

Introduction. (explaining game type and why you should play it)
Overview (a quick run down on Aijalon, the emergence of chaos and its world setting)

Content page:

Chapter One: Your Character.
part one: character creation.
part two: character stats and skills (inc race, class, starsign, deity, attributes, skills, wounds etc)
part three: corruptions (how they are gained/removed and their effects)

Chapter Seven: Aijalon.
part one: geography. maps/cities/calender/capitals/places of interest
part two: the gods. the God Wars, True gods, lesser deities.
part three: world history. The Chaos lord, the chaos crystals and armour. the coming of chaos. legends, myths, famous battles, continent history etc.

Index: to help people find info.

Does this flow right? should particular chapters/parts be in a different order? am i missing some vital infomation?